By: Mary Fran BontempoAh, the joys of a happy accident.If you’re lucky, you’ll get to experience one of those moments when everything seems to click. You know you’re in exactly the right place at just the right time.So it was several weeks ago when my husband and I found ourselves slightly lost and hungry after driving down an unfamiliar road in North Wales, PA. We’d come from a college field hockey game and decided [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.‘Tis the season for giving. The time of year when we search far and wide to find just the right gift for the special people in our lives.But as evidenced by the glazed-over expressions on the faces of the masses wandering aimlessly around the mall, knowing what to get for whom can be challenging, at best. For most [...]
I simply have to hear the first few bars of this music and it's Christmas! Enjoy this clip of Christmas Time from A Charlie Brown Christmas. A joyous start to the season!--Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo "Every woman is beautiful." So says Camille Currie, store manager at Head Over Heels, one of NRFGP's favorite boutiques at 17 W. State Street in Doylestown, PA.With five locations, each store offers beautiful, unique apparel and accessories with special appeal for women in life’s middle ground. Opened for business just over 20 years ago and helmed by owners Dorothy Darrah and Elizabeth Hirschman, Head Over Heels not only sells divine attire, [...]
By: Mary Fran BontempoTo hear an audio version of this column, click the play arrow below.A snow storm days before Halloween. Late November temperatures in the high sixties. Rainfall measured in multiple inches.The weather has been weird lately, calling forth visions of global warming and climate change as well as giving dooms-dayers yet another reason to clamor on about the end of everything. I’ll admit, it’s been unsettling. But I’m more unnerved by [...]
And you thought all he could do was wave a magic wand. Watch Harry Potter's Daniel Radcliffe in his starring role from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying as the cast performs in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Great fun! Enjoy!--Mary Fran
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